BTA Zoom Presentations 2024

Here are the BTA Zoom Presentations for 2024 (The presentations are in reverse order with the most recent at the top)

15th February: Gary Cook The Eiffel Tower

The  Eiffel Tower was the major attraction at the 1889 Paris World Exposition. It became a major tourist attraction and generated an emerging demand for souvenirs especially for illustrated postcards. This presentation shows the way the Eiffel Tower Company provided postcards for tourists to record their visit and tell friends and relatives.

 

9th January: Les-Ashton-Smith Marie Curie

A look at the life and work of the pioneering physicist and chemist Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.